Wall-pocket



(No Model.) G. W. HESSLER.

WALL POCKEI;l No. 279,754. @Ptlltgd June 19,1883.

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i GEORGE W. HESSLER, OF 'SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

WALL-POCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettersl Patent No. 279,754, dated Tune 19, 1883.

Application filed November 1l, 1582. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: pieces at a point just above the strip g, so that Be it known that I, GEORGE W. I-IEssLER, when such arms are dropped to a horizontal of Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna and position they rest upon the strip g and are sup- 55 State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new ported by it. Under ordinarycircumstances,

y, 5 anduseful Improvement in VValIBrackets, and however, and when not in use, the bar is folded I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, upward until it bears against the upper face clear, and exact description of the same. of the wall-pocket, where it is held in a verti- My invention relates to an improvement in cal position, entirely out of the way. The bar 6c wall-'pockets or receptacles for various artiis in like manner pivoted t bove the strip g, ro cles-such as papers, pamphlets, &c.-adaptcd and rests upon such strip when in position for to be attached to a wall; and the invention use. Vhen turned upward, however, it bears consists in the combination, in one complete against the strip g, the upper end approaching article of furniture, of a ywall-pocket, aconthe shelf C, where it gives an appearance of 6 venient shelf, a series of adjustable or folding greateriinish to the endpieces. At the bottom 15 clothes bars or racks, and a series of supportthe end pieces are connected by abar, J ,which ing-hooks, the whole forming a simple, cheap, contains a number of wardrobe-hooks. convenient, and ornamental device for aroom, It will be understood that as many folding which will be more fully hereinafter described. bars I may be employed as desirable, thelength 7 f In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view. of the pivoted arms of each of such bars bc- I 2o Fig. 2 is a vertical section. ing increased about half over that of the arms A A represent the end pieces of the supof the preceding bar. porting-bracket, and B B the back pieces, It will be understood that the device may be P which are constructed of wood, preferably of ornamented and finished in any desired mansome ornamental kind, as black walnut. A ner, and that any kind of plain or ornamental 2 5 space is left between the back boards, B B, wood may be used in its construction.

and the device is attached to the wall by rest- Should it be desired to make the wall-pocket ing the piece B upon pins screwed or otherof cheaper construction, the back piece B wise secured to the wall. l may be omitted and the front board of the C is an ornamental shelf, which also braces pocket mortised into the end pieces and eX- 3o and connects the parts A A B together, the tended in a downward direction to the strip J, said parts extending above said shelf and which holds the hooks. The back of the pocket forming a ledge, as shown'. The side or end is thus formed by the wall against which it is pieces, A A, are recessed deeply, as shown at hung. D, forming two projections, E F, upon each I claim- 3 5 end piece. 1. The combination of end pieces, AA', back G represents the frontv of the wall-pocket. pieces, B B', shelf C, pocket, and pivoted foldv It is a strip of wood, and is secured in an ining clothes-racks.

clined position tothe end pieces, AA A. It is 2. As a new and complete article of manuconnected Aat its lower end to the back piece facture, a wall-bracket consisting of the end 4o B by a narrow bottom strip, II. A clear pieces, the back pieces, the pocket havinginspace is leftbetween the top of the wall-pocket clined front, the shelf C, the folding clothes and the shelf C, so as to afford sufficient room bars, and the strip J, with hooks, substantially to place papers or other articles in the pocket. as described.

Upon the upper incline of the lower pro- In testimony whereof Ihave signedmyname 45 jection, F, ofthe end pieces are formed shoulto this specification in the presence of two subders f f, of which there may be two or more, scribing witnesses. according to the size of the bracket. To these GEORGE f HFSSLER shoulders are secured cross-strips g g', the strip 1 J g being secured to the eXtreme front end of Witnesses: 5o the projection F. These` strips formrests for JOHN I). BARRETT,

'N the folding clothes-bars I I. The arms h h of DANL. J. NEUMAN. the bar I are pivoted to the inside of the end 1 

